Board approves county policy to issue YubiKeys for multi‑factor authentication

Apr 20, 2026

Jerome County accepted a YubiKey issuance policy allowing employees to use hardware tokens instead of phone-based authentication; policy includes discussion of replacement‑cost responsibilities.

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County IT staff presented a multi‑factor authentication policy that would issue YubiKeys to employees as an alternative to phone-based authentication. Matthew McGregor said the policy "is regarding the use of multi-factor authentication and the Yubi keys by county employees" and that it was reviewed by legal counsel and HR processes.

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